The world should learn from Norway’s systematic waste of female talent
Norway is the second-most gender-equal country in the world, yet its higher education system fails to attract and retain female talent, say members of the Young Academy of Norway
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Radicalized Loyalties: Becoming Muslim in the West, by Fabien Truong
A study stresses how foolish it is to pin all the blame for radicalisation on religion, writes Liz Bucar
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Law professor set to become Italy's next prime minister
University of Florence professor in line to lead coalition of the Five Star Movement and the League
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May: UK wants ‘option’ to associate to EU research post-Brexit
PM says UK would ‘willingly’ pay to enter Horizon Europe, but wants ‘influence’
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American Nightmares: Social Problems in an Anxious World, by Joel Best
This attempt to dissipate our anxiety reads like an interesting collection of essays rather than a coherent argument, writes Deborah D. Rogers
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Universities under pressure to scrap use of nine-month contracts
Victory for Durham campaigners offers hope other universities could follow suit in ending ‘precarious’ employment arrangements
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UCL inquiry to put ‘academic values back at centre of governance’
Academic board votes for governance commission after lecturers’ campaign
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US public universities ‘more efficient on teaching’
But study by French academics says they tend to perform more poorly on research owing to multi-campus nature of many institutions
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Philosopher in high heels tackles the beauty myth
Heather Widdows says ‘powder, paint, leather and heels’ have helped her to ‘unsettle and undermine the status quo’
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The neurotic academic: how anxiety fuels casualised academic work
Anxiety is being used as a tactic of governance to fuel productiveness and obedience among academics, argues Vik Loveday
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‘Lumpy’ funding better than nothing, says Australia science chief
Government pledges huge windfall for research facilities, but much of it will not be seen until the next decade
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British Academy questions REF’s open-access deadline for books
Scholarly body warns mandate could ‘undermine the UK’s place in the global research community’
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What grade do you get if you pay £257 for an essay?
Using a pseudonym, barrister Daniel Sokol puts an essay mill to the test